Dagestan

March 06, 2026 23:15

• A Dagestani resident has been charged with inciting terrorism.

  FSB officers accused a resident of the village of Usemikent in the Kayakent District of making public calls for terrorist and extremist activities. The case was opened after the preacher's lecture was published online.

March 06, 2026 22:35

• Crossing the border between Iran and Azerbaijan has been resumed.

  Azerbaijani border crossings have begun allowing trucks returning from Iran and heading back to the country. Dagestani trucks are also currently crossing the border.

March 06, 2026 15:52

• The downtime of Dagestani truck drivers in Iran is due to Azerbaijan's border closure.

  About 24 hours ago, Azerbaijan closed the border with Iran to heavy trucks following drone strikes in Nakhchivan. About a thousand vehicles are awaiting exit from Iran, and about 150 are awaiting entry, according to a representative of a transport organization. The issue is being resolved at the diplomatic level.

March 06, 2026 12:38

• Dagestani drivers complained of problems leaving Iran.

  Truck drivers from Dagestan are stranded at the Iranian border, unable to leave because they're running out of money and fuel. The head of the Dagestan Public Monitoring Commission linked the delays in clearing vehicles to the drone attack on Nakhichevan.

March 06, 2026 04:54

• A fighter from Dagestan was killed in the SVO zone.

  Rashid Adzhiev from Khasavyurt was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,838 Dagestani combatants killed there.

March 05, 2026 17:38

• Rising prices during Ramadan in Dagestan also affected tourists.

  Grocery prices increased during Ramadan at both markets and stores, according to Makhachkala residents. Amid the overall price hike, cafe and restaurant owners were also forced to raise prices.

March 05, 2026 08:58

• A large-scale drone strike has been recorded in southern Russia.

  Sixteen drones were shot down over four regions of the Southern Federal District. A drone alert was also declared in the North Caucasus.

March 05, 2026 06:01

• Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

  At least 4,326 servicemen from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,478 from the Southern Federal District have been killed in fighting in Ukraine, according to official reports from administrations and security agencies.

March 05, 2026 04:03

• A court has ordered the demolition of an eight-story residential building in Makhachkala.

  An eight-story residential building on Azizov Street in Makhachkala has been declared illegal and is scheduled for demolition. Some Telegram users sympathized with the building's residents, while others blamed the buyers of the illegally built apartments for the city's infrastructure problems.

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